Sunday, February 3, 2013
Quote of the Day Feb. 2
Friendship may, and often does, form into love, but love never subsides into friendship. -Lord Byrun
Friday, February 1, 2013
The Time Of My Life
Today was used as catch up for me. I had fallen way behind on my journals due to a busy week so I used the extra time to finish them. I got all of them done and got to turn in my journal on time! Time well spent.
Free Play
Free Play last Wednesday was used for the planning of my next 3 C.W.G. Not much work was done, just the basics were set. I feel if we got free time next week, a lot more stuff would be getting done by me.
Quote of the Day Feb. 1
Before anything else, preparation is the key to success. -Alexander Graham Bell
It is what we know already that often prevents us from learning. -Claude Bernard
People who throw kisses are hopelessly lazy. -Bob Hope
The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has. -Michelangelo
God, I an push the grass apart and lay my finger on Thy heart. -Edna St. Vincent Millay
Half the lies they tell about me aren't true. -Yogi Berra
It is what we know already that often prevents us from learning. -Claude Bernard
People who throw kisses are hopelessly lazy. -Bob Hope
The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has. -Michelangelo
God, I an push the grass apart and lay my finger on Thy heart. -Edna St. Vincent Millay
Half the lies they tell about me aren't true. -Yogi Berra
Quote of the Day Jan. 31
Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness. -George Bernard Shaw
Tale of Two Cities Lecture Notes (Full)
Dickens: A Tale of Two Cities - Dr Tony Williams - Gresham College Lectures
Actually, 3 cities:---->
London, Paris, and Manchester
Preface --> it had a close connection to Dickens himself
In 1857 Charles helped write a play called The Frozen Deep. This ended up having a close connection with To2Cs.
-Dickens later met the Turnons and fell in love with their daughter Ellen.
Lucie is Ellen
-Sidney Carton: talented man who sacrifices himself for the woman he loved
----->Double sets of characters (double faces)
pnt of crisis 1857
-marriage was rough, Little Dorit had been published.
-he profited from public readings + became very popular
Jun 1858 was when he made it official that he had separated from his wife, starting journals that could be profited from
---London
---Dickens was brought there as a boy
---he saw many unsettling sights
---he described the city as his magic lantern
---a city of extremes
Actually, 3 cities:---->
London, Paris, and Manchester
Preface --> it had a close connection to Dickens himself
In 1857 Charles helped write a play called The Frozen Deep. This ended up having a close connection with To2Cs.
-Dickens later met the Turnons and fell in love with their daughter Ellen.
Lucie is Ellen
-Sidney Carton: talented man who sacrifices himself for the woman he loved
----->Double sets of characters (double faces)
pnt of crisis 1857
-marriage was rough, Little Dorit had been published.
-he profited from public readings + became very popular
Jun 1858 was when he made it official that he had separated from his wife, starting journals that could be profited from
---London
---Dickens was brought there as a boy
---he saw many unsettling sights
---he described the city as his magic lantern
---a city of extremes
Quote of the Day Jan. 30
If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain. -Emily Dickinson
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